Megan Eckstein
Naval warfare reporter
Megan Eckstein is the naval warfare reporter at Defense News. She has covered military news since 2009, with a focus on U.S. Navy and Marine Corps operations, acquisition programs and budgets. She has reported from four geographic fleets and is happiest when she’s filing stories from a ship. Megan is a University of Maryland alumna.
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Newport News yard seeks experienced workforce for nuclear shipbuilding
Newport News Shipbuilding its expanding its search for talent, looking nationally for experienced tradespeople who can join the shipbuilding industry.
Marine Corps will use AI to revamp recruiting and retention models
The Marine Corps needs a more mature and more intellectual force. Digital HR systems and big data decision aids will help them cultivate that force.
‘Show me the money’: Congress calls for Navy to spend more on shipyards
Even though the Navy has the most developed plan in DoD to modernize its repair facilities, a lawmaker warned the service to stop playing funding games and prioritize shipyards in next year's budget request.
Kongsberg, Raytheon ready to keep up as Naval Strike Missile demand grows
As the Marine Corps begins launching Naval Strike Missiles from unmanned trucks and the Navy continues installing NSM on its littoral combat ships, manufacturer Kongsberg is confident it can keep up.
Eastern Shipbuilding opens new C5I integration facility for offshore patrol cutter
With the offshore patrol cutter slated to get a top-of-the-line C5ISR system, Northrop Grumman and its industry partners will work through integrating the whole system at this spacious new facility ahead of installing the gear onto the ship hulls themselves, to catch any integration hiccups early and save time and money during sea trials.
Australian small boat with US comms package in testing for Marine Corps urgent need
The Whiskey Project is pitching its multimission reconnaissance craft as a way to meet the Marines’ needs to “sense first, see first and strike first” with a low-signature boat and a situational awareness package that's already proved itself in Afghanistan.
Army using simulations to work out networking kinks ahead of Project Convergence 21
The Army’s big lesson from Project Convergence 20 was that it’s harder to network things together than the service realized.
Thurgood: Hypersonic missile program demonstrates how fast Army can move
The U.S. Army is moving fast to develop an offensive hypersonic missile, and it doesn’t plan to revert back to its old and slower ways for future weapons development efforts.
US Navy’s supply chain chief wants to transform dollars into readiness
The U.S. Navy is trying to improve its readiness while reining in the rising costs of maintenance and modernization. While these goals can seem at odds, the service’s first stab at this effort allowed it to boost its fighter jet mission-capable rates.
Defense industrial base awaits vaccine mandate guidance that could determine layoffs, contract extensions
A federal mandate requires contractors to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by early December, but the defense industrial base has been left wondering what this means for its workers who refuse the shot. Guidance is expected soon.
